"marson" wrote in message
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thats a tough one without seeing it. is the deck ledger on top of the
siding? does the decking run parallel to the house? then maybe you
remove the first deck board, cut the siding off above the deck and
tuck a piece of Z flashing under the siding and over the deck ledger.
that would prevent further rot and even if more flashing was exposed
than ideal, it would be better than current situation.

That is what I was thinking- one of those Aw ****s for which there is no
painless easy solution, especially if the underlying sheathing and band
joist is also rotten. Cut away or remove enough decking to get access,
Sawzall or chisel away all the rot, and piece it back in as best you can. If
you have to cut perpendicular deck boards off at the first joist, you can
maybe disguise it with a bench. Depending on how deck is framed, and how
ledger board is attached, OP may be able to unbolt it from house, and
fine-tune reality a tad, flexing the entire deck structure over enough to
get the rotten siding board out of there. Leastways, a lot of the decks I
have known had that much flex available- ledger boards were used to keep a
minimal structure stiff enough. All this is a good example of why good
flashing and ledger board standoffs are considered good workmanlike
practice. The water has to have an escape route.

aem sends...